A meeting this past Tuesday near Pakistan's capital city of Islamabad could possibly mark the beginning of the end of America's longest war - the conflict in Afghanistan, which will enter its 15th year this fall. A delegation from the Afghan government met with members of the Taliban - with Pakistani, Chinese and U.S. officials present as observers.
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Fifty lodges from both sides of the border took part in the Republic of Ireland's largest Twelfth demonstration in the seaside village on Saturday. The Order traditionally hold the parade on the Saturday before the main Twelfth parades to allow lodges to attend the demonstrations in Northern Ireland.
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Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. South Armagh victims' campaigner Willie Frazer says he will consider shaking the hand of a former Armagh GAA captain who called for an end to attacks on Orange halls.
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... depends not just on his instincts, but on a complicated web of people, including two factions of the Irish Republican Army, British loyalists and undercover agents. "Merchants of Doubt" (PG-13, 96 minutes, Sony): This documentary by Robert Kenner ...
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It's summertime and the temperature is heating up, and so are the best seller lists thanks to the arrival of Daniel Silva's latest novel THE ENGLISH SPY. Each year the warm weather heralds the arrival of another action packed thriller from Silva featuring his acclaimed Israeli operative Gabriel Allon.
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... against the U.S. and its allies have been far less lethal than past campaigns in Britain by the Irish Republican Army, he said, "which suggests that some elements of our counterterrorism strategy are working." It's "absurd," he said, to blame U.S. ...
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The election of a first-ever Sinn Fein mayor in Dublin has underlined the party's progress in city councils across the island ahead of the centennial commemorations of the 1916 Easter Rising. Long-standing Dublin councillor Criona Ni Dhalaigh was elected mayor with 41 votes from the 63 member city council -- despite a last minute effort by the right-wing parties to wreck a deal which should have guaranteed Sinn Fein the post.
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Loyalists' use of confederate flags as a statement of racist hate has reinforced concerns over their use of flags to spread fear and intimidation over the marching season. One confederate flag, erected on a lamp post in east Belfast, was described by the PSNI as a "hate incident".
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Patrick McGlone, who was honoured for his war efforts, went on to assist the IRA when he returned to Ireland Two weeks ago I met the SDLP MLA Patsy McGlone at Stormont, and during our conversation he casually mentioned that his grandfather had served with the Durham Light Infantry in World War One. He also told me that after his relative returned home to Ireland, he was asked to help the IRA in the 1920s.
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... they are different, but some lessons on how we deal with them seem to apply in all cases. If the IRA [Irish Republican Army] and the PLO [Palestine Liberation Organization] were not beyond the pale, why should ISIL [the Islamic State] be beyond the ...
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Deal author Anstey Spraggan had plenty of cultural shocks when writing her first book under the pen name Ruth Ahmed. When Ali Met Honour, which she co-wrote with friend Dimmi Khan, is a love story highlighting the differences that Honour, an atheist, and Ali, a British Pakistani Muslim, have to grapple with in their new relationship.
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Gunman who 'shot dead 32-year-old woman at random' on San Francisco pier was illegal Mexican immigrant who'd been deported FIVE times and walked away from drug bust just four months ago 'Weren't we friends at middle school?' Burglary suspect breaks down in tears when he realizes judge presiding over his case was his former playmate Seattle high school sparks outrage over policy which allows it to give IUD contraceptives to girls as young as ELEVEN - without seeking permission from parents Married Catholic school teacher to spend up to 15 years in prison for sex with student in her classroom, car and his own home Security is ramped up across the country in preparation for July 4 celebrations as fear of an attack by ISIS sympathizers grows A whole island pretending to be blind to get benefits, 8,500 pensioners who faked being aged over 100 and lawyers who claim to earn just a 12,000: New ... (more)
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A memorial dedicated to three Scottish soldiers who were murdered by the IRA has been attacked in what police have called a hate crime. A memorial dedicated to three Scottish soldiers who were murdered by the IRA has been attacked in what police have called a hate crime.
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The families of three IRA men shot dead by the SAS in County Tyrone in 1988 are taking legal action against former Ulster Unionist Lord Maginnis, the government and the chief constable. The families claim what was said in the documentary shows that a so-called "shoot-to-kill policy" was being operated at that time.
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A man and boy stand on a fence by a protestant mural painted on a building in North Belfast, October 24, 2001. Officials in Margaret Thatcher's government came up with a bonkers plan to move Hong Kong residents 100s of 1000s of miles across the world and resettle them in Northern Island once the province returned to Chinese rule in 1997.
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Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. The News Letter of October 1983 was packed with news of paramilitary supergrass cases, the ongoing IRA campaign, and the massive Maze jailbreak of the previous month.
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Congratulations, you're now registered! Let us know what news and updates you want to hear about and we'll send them straight to your inbox. Residents of a unionist enclave in Belfast are being urged to help build up a picture of all sectarian and anti-social behaviour against their neighbourhood.
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